In this tenth chapter of my bigger project about landscape studies, I visited United States's West. Seeking as usual a connection with the land, I found a clashing difference between the majesty and spirituality of the sceneries and the values of contemporary society.
The questions raised are about which relationship should modern man have with the place that generated him, through the mystery of the origin of Life and the still-blank page that the understanding of the Cosmos is, in order not just to address environmental problems but ultimately give a meaning to his own existence.
Alternatively to mainstream contemporary culture, traveling alone and getting rid of our social mask brings the mind closer to ancestral times, when man could only rely on his Unconscious to cope with phenomena. Modern times and scientific method now overshadowed a time when myths and spiritual insight were leading.
What is the result of this condition? Knowledge or alienation from the Self? Are modern society comforts and its new values tearing us away from our bond with Nature and the understanding of life cycles? How valuable are then all inner-referring society cultural structures if they are just held together by values oblivious of their origin?

Luca Tombolini (b. 1979) is a Milan-based photographer. He completed a degree in classical studies, followed by a degree in Sciences of Communication with a major in visual rhetorics in cinema. During these university studies, Tombolini discovered photography and started experimenting with large format cameras. Since 2011, he has been using a drum scanner to create large-scale photographic prints.

Tombolini has for long been fascinated by deserts and other remote areas, seeing deserts as charming, pristine and mysterious. He has travelled to several deserts across the world, and enjoys exploring and considering deserts as the lands most likely to provide clues about the origins of life. His photographic research uses the landscape as a synecdoche referencing time, space and existence, while questioning our limited perception of reality. His work represents the interaction between the self and its environment, specifically capturing an unconscious state of mind in relation to nature. His intuitive framing and compositions often rely on a combination of symmetric shapes found between patterns in nature.

Tombolini’s work has been exhibited in France, Greece and Italy. His photography has been featured in numerous media outlets, including Booooooom, Aint-Bad Magazine, #Photography Magazine and The Plantation Journal.

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